[Ads-l] LGBTQOI?

[Laurence Horn]

> On Jan 31, 2017, at 7:53 AM, Amy West <medievalist at W-STS.COM> wrote:
> 
> On 1/31/17 12:00 AM, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
>> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 09:36:49 -0500 From: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> Subject: Re: LGBTQOI?
>>> On Jan 29, 2017, at 10:49 PM, Dave Wilton<dave at WILTON.NET>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I have seen un-ironic use of LGBTQTIQ2SA
>>> 
>>> (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, transgender, intersex, queer, questioning, two-spirited, allied)
>>> 
>>> The order of the letters varies. Urban Dictionary has an entry for this dated 2010.
>>> 
>> Tricky part is turning it into a pronounceable acronym.  Where’s Vanna White when you need her?
>> 
>> LH
> 
> You haven't seen/heard QUILTBAG? (Please don't ask me to identify all the words the acronym stands for: I can't remember them all).

I have.  Just (as usual) forgot.  Combination of recency effect and old age.

LH

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